Wise Quotes

4345 Wise quotes by 2060 unique authors

You know, it’s amazing to me the wounds we carry for eternity. But what has fascinated me most these last few years is how the… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
This world is your best teacher. There is a lesson in everything. There is a lesson in each experience. Learn it and become wise. Every… — Sivananda
Seek not greater wealth, but simpler pleasure; not higher fortune, but deeper felicity. — Mahatma Gandhi
Randalf the Wise indeed!I've worn wiser pairs of underpants! — Paul Stewart
You are keeping the possibility [of peace] open. No wise leader would do anything less — Patrick Ness
It's not about changing--it's about growing, together," he said, like the wise soul that he was. "I wanted to let you know--that I am with… — Ellen Schreiber
After a pause, he asked, 'What do you think of Nasuada's plans?' 'Mmm...she's doomed! You're doomed! They're all doomed!'She cackled, doubling over, then straightened abruptly.… — Christopher Paolini
In examinations the foolish ask questions that the wise cannot answer. — Oscar Wilde
I would much rather have been merry than wise. — Jane Austen
may I be I is the only prayer--not may I be great or good or beautiful or wise or strong. — E E Cummings
Love is a smoke raised with the fume of sighs; Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers' eyes; Being vexed, a sea nourished with loving… — William Shakespeare
You have no sense of your true duty, which is to be a man and preserve humanity. You imitate wise men so badly and bandits… — Wilhelm Reich
The way of the superior person is threefold; virtuous, they are free from anxieties; wise they are free from perplexities; and bold they are free… — Confucius
To be wise is to be eternally curious. — Frederick Buechner
The wise man knows when to keep silent. Only the fool tells all he knows. — Neil Gaiman
And if you find her poor, Ithaca has not deceived you. Wise as you have become, with so much experience, you must already have understood… — Constantine Peter Cavafy
She remembered the story from her childhood, about Adam and Eve in the garden, and the talking snake. Even as a little girl she had… — Orson Scott Card
I will be a wise and tolerant monarch, dispencing justice fairly, and only setting nightmares to rip out the winds of the evil and the… — Neil Gaiman
You know, I met a wise man centuries ago in China who said to me, ‘He who lets fear rule him, has fear for a… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Logic is immaturity weaving its nets of gossamer wherewith it aims to catch the behemoth of knowledge. Logic is a crutch for the cripple, but… — Mikhail Naimy
You have to look at what you have right in front of you, at what it could be, and stop measuring it against what you've… — Jonathan Tropper
You can party, but I better not catch you drunk. (Wulf) (Chris rolled his eyes, then bent down to said to Cassandra’s stomach...) Be wise,… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
It is never too late to be wise. — Daniel Defoe
Gentlemen, let us suppose that man is not stupid. (Indeed one cannot refuse to suppose that, if only from the one consideration, that, if man… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
A wise man from my home once told me that these mountains have seen far too much suffering and killing, and that each rock and… — Greg Mortenson

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